That’s what the doodle-do

When I watched The Big Lebowski many moons ago, I began referring to people as dudes as a bit of a joke. Over the years the word dude snuck its way into my silly vocabulary and stuck there.

Remember that dude, who…? I’ll say to friends, or some dude cut me off in traffic…

I didn’t realise how dude-ified I’d become until last weekend.

The setting: Sitting on the Writer’s Nook having a post-dinner wine with hubby and talking about a person we don’t know very well who was about to invest in something stupid.

Hubby– Should we tell him it’s a stupid investment?

Me – We barely know the dude

Hubby– I guess, but if it was me, I’d like to get advice on the risks

Me – We’re in no position to offer advice – we’re not experts in the field

Hubby – (concerned) But if we can see it’s stupid, why can’t he?

Me – Look, the dude will do what the dude will do. It’s not up to us

Hubby – Did you say doodle-do?

Me – No – I said the dude will do what the dude will do

Hubby – (laughing and pointing at me) You said, the doodle-do what the doodle-do!

Me – (embarrassed) No. I said the dude WILL do!

Hubby – doodle-do, doodle-do, doodle-do. That’s what the doodle-do! (he’s such a tease!)

This conversation was enough to put me off using the word dude for the rest of my life (when I stop laughing about it). In the end the man didn’t go through with the investment because someone else told him how stupid it was.

On a less embarrassing note…

…meet my new friend Jazzman (even he was laughing at me during the conversation about doodle-do). I called him Jazzman because I was listening to a jazzy Van Morrison song when I first saw him.

Hello – my name is Jazzman

I’d be a great piano player

I took a photo of him using the flash a few nights later and he looked like he belonged in a horror movie. Poor Jazzman!

And he’s very fat, Jill – which is a great sign that he’s getting a load of bugs 😀 These species of frog are not as common as they were because an introduced species of toad nearly wiped them out (the introduced toad ate the frogs tadpoles). It’s great to see Jazzman and his kind emerging again. I’m so glad you like him! 😉

That’s really funny, Dianne. I can’t say the word ‘dude’ without feeling self conscious about it. It’s taken me years to even call something ‘cool’ instead of nice or enjoyable. I think I must be really old school. 😀 Nevertheless, I will say that Jazzman is one very cool dude. 😎

And now I’M going to be saying ‘doodle do what doodle do’. That is too addicting. My husband have been having fun with Brit-speak–all those luscious words our Brit cousins use–like brilliant, knackered, steady on. You know–those words. ‘Doodle do’ will fit in perfectly.

The Jazzman is adorable. My daughter’s friend who I’ve known since she was little is a huge frog lover and usually has at least one frog that looks like this dude!
I wrote a poem many years ago for my dad (just for him, not a serious one) that was called The Ballad of Rudy the Dude. Rudy was my dad. He LOVED that poem so much. He framed it and made everybody read it. My mom set it out at the funeral home when he died so people could read it. Talk about embarrassing!!!!!

Having a post dinner wine will do that to a dude and a dude-ess, especially if follows a pre dinner wine or 2 as is the custom here. Your buddy Jazzman is a cool froggy-dude… it’s amazing how chilled they are around humans 🙂

“pre dinner wine or 2 as is the custom here” – yes this dude and dude-ess do this as well! 😀

I can go right up to Jazzman and he has no fear at all. Frogs are so cool like that. I found one in the bathroom a few weeks back and he was covered in fluff so I washed him and put him in a pot-plant. Then yesterday (I’m sure it was the same frog) was back in the bathroom again. I picked him up and went to put him in the pot-plant and he jumped into my mouth (luckily it was only slightly open so it was just a brief kiss) LOL

Thanks for the smile with the doodle do! So fun- and we just love playing with words and phrases-
Or pausing to notice how something comes out and sounds – and don’t even want to gets started on lines and phrases from movie (so fun) but do need to add that I was saying “yo” a lot for a couple months – not sure if you have seen the movie “School of Rock”- but there is a “Harvard, Yo!” line that my hubs repeats when he once in a while wears his maroon Harvard T- and then this blogger was saying yo- so those led me to saying “yo” way too much. But it was also fun – kinda the same vibe as humming in the kitchen – and sometimes this kind of verbiage makes life fun- and so just hearing this fun convo – dude will do….. all natural and not pretentious – it is just fun.
😊

I’ve seen School of Rock a couple of times and love it! Now I’ll probably add ‘yo’ to my vocabulary just to throw hubby off the ‘dude’ jokes 😀
You’re right – this is a load of fun and I’m really glad you enjoyed the post 😀

I’ve always enjoyed using ‘dude’. It fits so well with my Southern accent. And those darn tree frogs are everywhere I live no matter the continent. I’ll be 15 miles offshore in my little boat and reach into a locker and one will jump out at me. Even when writing at night there are a couple of big ones that jump onto my window and make me jump. Great photos

So funny! That’s awesome. The doodle-doo. I probably am going to start saying dude now because my kids would think I rock a doodle-doo. Hee hee. And Jazzman would make an excellent pianist with those beautiful fingers of his. I’m assuming he’s a he–or a dood–because he’s not called Jazzwoman?

Dudette, your froggie friend is quite astounding. He looks somewhat intelligent. I’ll bet HE told that doodle what to do. 🙂 When he spoke, it probably freaked that dude out so much that he called right up and cancelled his investment. Another success story from Froggy, Inc. 🙂

Oh Dianne you have made my morning eaves dropping on your conversation with your delightful dudeman, er hubby!!! I’m still chuckling… Little Jazzman looks as though he/she has just dropped in from an episode of Star Wars gazing at you with those ruby red eyes. Pleased the cane toads have not found him… Stay cool dude…🙆

I was thinking Jazzman because he has jazz hands. Certainly a cute frog. I must show my daughter those pics. She has 8 stuffed frogs. They’re her favorite animal. I say Dude also, and I haven’t even seen that movie. When someone cuts me off in traffic, I’ll often say, “Dude!” But doodle-do is quite funny!

Okay, you rocked the dialogue! I was laughing hard as I read it, first in my head, then out loud. Doodle do to you. I think you are the MAN, dude. (that was a joke, I don’t really talk like that. Do I? Oh, dude, this is embarrassing….) 🙂

I liked the play on words,
I think that was a one liner of John Wayne’s ” A dude must do what a dude must do.”
Jazzman is really giving me the eye from the top of the door.
I have an ornamental frog playing the piano and he looks like a Jazzman. 🙂

Jazzman has been AWOL for about a week now – I was worried at first but then I thought it might be because the weather has cooled down. Hopefully he’s sowed his wild oats and we’ll have loads of tiny Jazzmens next summer 😀